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EVE Online previews its October patch and releases its monthly economic report
The October release approaches swiftly for EVE Online, with the update scheduled for October 8th (in the wee hours of the morning for most players...
WoW Classic continues un-layering layered servers, video examines WoW Classic’s meaningfulness
Blizzard continues to shut down layering across various realms in World of Warcraft: Classic, with another batch having deactivated the intentionally temporary measure to...
Star Wars: The Old Republic reaches final phase of Onslaught testing, previews Mercenaries and Commandos
It's the final countdown over on the Star Wars: The Old Republic's test server, or more accurately, the final test phase. Yes, there's still more...
Red Dead Online offers a new legendary bounty for the Owlhoot family
It's time to hunt yourself a new bounty in Red Dead Online with the addition of the legendary Owlhoot family. This group of desperados is...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO offers the best non-combat PvP?
PvP is about more than just getting into the dirt with your opponent and seeing who drops first. Sure, it frequently is exactly that, and...
Hearthstone makes plans for more events, more shakeups, and quest improvements
With the third chapter of the Tombs of Terror campaign rolling out, Hearthstone is giving players a chance to peek behind the curtain to see...
Star Trek Online’s patch today continues adjusting patrols rewards
Here's the bad news for today's patch in Star Trek Online: The Delta patrol missions will be providing less experience at the end of the...
Fallout 76 kicks off another cleanup project while planning for 2020
The Meat Week has returned in Fallout 76, but players can already look ahead to the next part of cleaning up Appalachia starting on October...
Wakfu’s latest update, the Return of the Thirsters, is now live
If you play Wakfu but don't follow the associated animated series, you might just think that "Return of the Thirsters" sounds like a vaguely bad...
Black Desert Online previews a quartet of upcoming Awakenings for the PlayStation 4
On September 24th players who enjoy Black Desert Online on PlayStation 4 will get a wake-up call with the introduction of Awakenings. Fans already familiar...
Dauntless previews the punchy nature of Aether Strikers
Go ahead and get your falcon punch memes out of your system because the newest weapon in Dauntless is going to let you deliver...
The Division 2 releases a sweeping set of balance changes on its test server
The next major patch for The Division 2 is scheduled for release in October, which means that the game is running out of time...
Albion Online improves guild logs and adjusts enemies with its latest update
Have you ever found yourself fighting an enemy and think, "gosh, this boss has really let himself go?" Because the latest patch for Albion Online...
PUBG is adding survival mastery to its progression system
Weapon Mastery is a thing in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a progression track following your ability to inflict significant harm upon your opposition over time and...
RuneScape patches in changes to player-owned farms
Changes to player-owned farms are in the air today for RuneScape; the game's patch this week implements changes announced recently. Experience gained for individual...
Path of Exile makes a number of tuning adjustments to the Blight league with its next patch this week
The Blight league in Path of Exile will spawn fewer monsters when the game's next patch arrives this week. It was just spawning too many...
Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 5.1 is on its way after the first live letter
We had a good string there of proper translations, didn't we? It was really nice to be able to tune in and just get...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO is the best at encouraging players to take on older content?
Games don't usually need to do much to point players toward the new. If you're logging in to Guild Wars 2 when the new saga-story-season thinger...
Fallout 76 offers up another Meat Week for cleaning up Appalachia
Appalachia is kind of a mess in Fallout 76. To be fair, so is the world as a whole since nuclear conflicts tend to end...
MMO Burnout: Greedfall is a pretty interesting swing for the fences, even when it misses
It's been said by me many times before now, but here it is again: I really appreciate a game that swings for the fences....
